"Rhys?" Rosario knocked gently on the physician's door. "You in there?"

"Come in." Rhys spoke so softly Rosario could barely hear him.

When he opened the door, he saw Rhys sitting at his table, staring blankly into a bowl of soup.

"What do you need?" Rhys blinked, still focusing on his soup.

"I just need to talk to someone." Rosario shut the door, then sat right across from Rhys.

"Why not Caius?"

"That's the thing, I'm trying to. But, I just can't bring myself to say what I want to, and it's eating me up inside. I can't sleep, I can't eat, I can't really even breathe. I just need to get it off my chest."

"Then talk. Honestly, I'm in dire need of a distraction." Rhys put his forehead in his hands.

"Well, for starters, I-" Rosario put his hand on his chest, securing his racing heart so it wouldn't leap out of his chest. Taking a few deep breaths, he continued, "I'm a Callendan spy. Vana took Seyr, then she gave me these lines to gain your trust. I sent Zephrine and Xavier to Fulke, and I knew that whatever Vana was doing was of ill intent but I just... did it."

Rhys was frozen in place. He didn't even appear to be breathing.

"I never expected to fall for Caius. And I have fallen for him, Rhys."

"Why is it becoming so hard to keep my family safe?" Rhys exploded, grabbing Rosario by the collar of his shirt. "Why do people like you just have to pop up out of nowhere? Why is the world so full of deceit, Rosario?"

"I don't know, Rhys. I'm so sorry for everything I've done."

"I almost lost my sister, so you better be sorry!"

"I am! You have no idea how much I wish I could take back everything!" Rosario had run out of tears, so he sobbed pathetically.

"That makes two of us." Rhys dropped Rosario, a little rougher than he wanted to.

"Go ahead, turn me in, I don't care. It's better for Caius if I'm dead." Rosario hung his head.

"I made the mistake of supporting something like that once, and it cost me more than I can say." Rhys opened the door. "So you can either wither away with shame, or go tell the king yourself, because I won't do it for you."

"You're not going to help me?"

"My help is the last thing anyone needs right now." Rhys pushed Rosario out the door with his foot. "Help your damn self."